India : a sacred geography
Eck, Diana L.
India : a sacred geography - New York Harmony Books 2012 - x,559p.
CONTENTS Note on Transliteration and Pronunciationix CHAPTER 1 A SACRED GEOGRAPHY, AN IMAGINED LANDSCAPE1 CHAPTER 2 WHAT Is INDIA? 43 CHAPTER 3 ROSE APPLE ISLAND: INDIA IN THE LOTUS OF THE WORLD107 CHAPTER 4 THE GANGA AND THE RIVERS OF INDIA131 CHAPTER 5 SHIVA'S LIGHT IN THE LAND OF INDIA189 CHAPTER 6 SHAKTI, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BODY OF THE GODDESS 257 CHAPTER 7 VISHNU, ENDLESS AND DESCENDING 301 CHAPTER 8 THE LAND AND STORY OF KRISHNA347 CHAPTER 9 FOLLOWING RAMA: THE RAMAYANA ON THE LANDSCAPE OF INDIA399 CHAPTER 10 A PILGRIM'S INDIA TODAY 441 Acknowledgments457 Glossary461 Bibliography475 Notes493 Index541
0385531907
294.50954 / ECK
India : a sacred geography - New York Harmony Books 2012 - x,559p.
CONTENTS Note on Transliteration and Pronunciationix CHAPTER 1 A SACRED GEOGRAPHY, AN IMAGINED LANDSCAPE1 CHAPTER 2 WHAT Is INDIA? 43 CHAPTER 3 ROSE APPLE ISLAND: INDIA IN THE LOTUS OF THE WORLD107 CHAPTER 4 THE GANGA AND THE RIVERS OF INDIA131 CHAPTER 5 SHIVA'S LIGHT IN THE LAND OF INDIA189 CHAPTER 6 SHAKTI, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BODY OF THE GODDESS 257 CHAPTER 7 VISHNU, ENDLESS AND DESCENDING 301 CHAPTER 8 THE LAND AND STORY OF KRISHNA347 CHAPTER 9 FOLLOWING RAMA: THE RAMAYANA ON THE LANDSCAPE OF INDIA399 CHAPTER 10 A PILGRIM'S INDIA TODAY 441 Acknowledgments457 Glossary461 Bibliography475 Notes493 Index541
0385531907
294.50954 / ECK